Ethiopian Order of Battle Second Italo-Abyssinian War

Ethiopian forces in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War besides the Central Army were mobilized from various provinces under their local leader. According to Italian estimates, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Second_Italo-Abyssinian_War#1935_Italian_intelligence_estimate_of_the_Ethiopian_provinces_and_their_forces] on the eve of hostilities the Ethiopians had an army of 350,000 men. Strengths where known are noted followed by their leader. Modernized forces in Bold.

Ethiopian Army 1935

Addis Ababa
* Emperor Haile Selassie
** 3 Battalions of the Imperial Guard Kebur Zabangna
** Cadet school (Mobilized as a Guard battalion late in the war with Cadets as officers with militia soldiers.)

Northern front

Army of the Left - "Ras" Imru Haile Selassie ("Grazmach" = "General/Commander of the Left")
*Gojjam Sefari - "Ras" Imru Haile Selassie
** 13,000 regulars
* Wolqayt and Semien Sefari - "Dejazmach" Ayalew Birru
** 10,000 mountaineers
* Gojjam Levies - Dejazmach Gessesse Belew (later deserted, revolted)
** 12,000 men

Mahel Sefari (Army of the Center) (70,000 regulars) - "Ras" Mulugeta Yeggazu of Illubabor
* Amino Provincial Sefari
* Gubba Provincial Sefari
* Gurage Provincial Sefari
* Jimma Provincial Sefari
* Mui Provincial Sefari
* Om Hajer Provincial Sefari
* Sela Provincial Sefari
* Sodo Provincial Sefari
* Welega Provincial Sefari

Army of the Right- "Ras" Kassa Haile Darge ("Qegnazmach" = "General/Commander of the right")
* Begemder Sefari - Ras Kassa Haile Darge
** 53,000 men
* Tigray Sefari - Leul Ras Seyum Mangasha
** 15,000 men
* Wag Sefari - Dejazmatch Haile Kebbede
** 7,000 men (1/6 with rifles)
** 3,000 regulars with 3 machineguns, reinforcement 12/35
* Lasta Sefari - Fitawrari Andarge
** ? men
* Yejju Sefari - Dejazmach Admassu Birru
** ? men

Danakil region - Dejazmach Kassa Sebhat
* 400 trained men
* 100 regulars
* 5 machineguns

Later Reinforcements

Ifrata Sefari - Ras Kebbede
* ? Shewan levies
Welega-Ardjo Sefari - Bitwoded Makonnen Demissie
* 12,000 men (best armed of the Northern armies, also had Oerlikon AA guns)

Kaffa Sefari - Ras Getachew Abate
* ? men

To subdue Gojjam revolt

Wollo Sefari - Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen Tafari
* from Wollo - Nevraid Aregai
** 1,000 men
* from Lekemt - Dejazmach Hapte Gabre Mariam Gabre
** 1,000 men

outhern front

Ogaden

Ogaden Sefari - Grazmach Afawarq Walda Samayat
* less than 2,000 men - Fitawrari Badde / Balambaras Ali Nur
* Some hundreds of Somali rebels - Omar Samanthar
* 2 Guard Battalions - Fitawrari Simu and Kebbede
** 1,000 men with machineguns and mortars
* Total 3,000 men

Reinforcements Hararghe Sefari - Dejazmach Nasibu Emmanual - C-in-C in Ogaden after Afewerq's death
* 1 Guard Battalion
* Illubabor Sefari - Dejazmatch Makonnen Endelkachew
** 12,000 men
* Gemu Gofa Sefari - Dejazmach Abebe Damtew
** 3,000 men (described as having scarely a modern rifle, with ocher and pink headresses)
*Arusi Sefari - Dejazmach Amde Mikael
** 3,000 men (provincial levies)
* Kula Sefari - Dejazmach Hapte Mikael
** 1,000 men

Webi Shebelle front
* Bale Sefari - Dejazmach Beiene Merid
** 4,000 men Juba Front
* Dolo Garrison - 300 men
* Sidamo Sefari - Ras Desta Damtew
** 20,000 men (well armed) - Fitawraris Ademe Anbassu and Tedeamme Zelleka
** Guards Battalion - Qegnazmach Bezibibeh Sileshi
** Oerlikon AA guns

ee also

* Italian Order of Battle Second Italo-Abyssinian War
* Army of the Ethiopian Empire

Sources

* Mockler, Anthony, "Haile Selassie's War." New York: Olive Branch Press.
* Osprey, "Men At Arms #309: The Italian Invasion of Abyssinia 1935-1936"